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American Idol landed in Orlando … without the judges. Randy, Ryan & Simon flew in late from Miami, after a night out - from the looks of it. Kristian Chenoweth was the guest judge for Orlando hopefuls. Personally, I haven’t heard of her before, but she’s won an Emmy and a Tony Award, plus she’s known as being “the darling of American Broadway”. Sounds like she’s qualified.

(Photo:  Theo Glinton auditions on America Idol.  Click to view YouTube video.)

Theo Glinton thought a gimmicky audition would send him to Hollywood. He wore an outrageous, silver, glittery outfit. The judges were not impressed. Theo was crushed, but hey - maybe the audition will kick start his real dream of becoming a fashion designer.  Maybe.

Seth Rollins is 28 years old, which means this is his last shot with America Idol. Seth has an autistic son who is all smiles every time we see him, except when it was Seth’s turn to enter the audition room. He cried and wanted to go with his daddy. I am sure he will bring home the bacon. Seth sang some Frank Sinatra. Randy felt he needed more energy and needed to give more of a performance. This was just constructive criticism though, as Seth received four yeses and has a great chance to win and provide for his family.

Jay Stone presented something very different to the judging panel. He ‘sang’ The Beatles “Come Together”. Jay did sing, but he was just beat boxing at the same time. Even though Jay’s not the greatest at this, it is refreshing (for me anyways) to see. He did prove he could just sing too. He belted out “Ain't No Sunshine” and the judges beat boxed for him! Simon, of course, thought it was ridiculous, but Kara was on his side. She rallied for Jay and he earned himself a shiny golden ticket. I think beat boxing is the only way you could spit all over Simon and get away with it.

Guest judge Kristian seemed to pull a vanishing act the second day.

Two sisters from Jersey auditioned together. They weren’t bad, but I think the most appealing thing about this duo was the chance to ride the coattails on the new reality show sensation, The Jersey Shore. Regardless, they made it through. Hmmm ... I wonder what their nicknames are?

Jarod Norrell sang “Amazing Grace”.  There was nothing holy about his performance. Kara told him he sounded like a lawn mower, he told them he was “trippin” and “couldn't leave”.  It turns out he could. He was escorted out of the audition room and then the building in handcuffs screaming “You gotta take me out in cuffs to get rid of me?” Freaky.

Other than the few gems and weirdo's we're accustomed to seeing on Idol, Orlando was pretty uneventful – this episode was just stuffed with filler. 31 people did make it through out of 10,000, so it was better than the Chicago auditions. I am looking forward to next Tuesday's show. American Idol will be in the City of Angels, Los Angeles. There has to be some talent coming soon.

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